Auction closes July 23, 2010

Nice consecutive runs of records by Basie, Waller and Goodman and some of Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert on 12" 78's as DJ issues. They have to be pretty rare. We have a HUGE listing of Coleman Hawkins on 78 and many of his 1950's LPs.

Check out Mamie Smith's 78's. We've got a lot of them. Lots of Ziggy Elman on 78's and some of his Langworth transcriptions too.

We got a call from a woman who wanted an Armstrong record she could play at her wedding. It was one of Louis' 1950's Deccas which we had nearly forgotten we had . Louis is still playing well and the strength of his horn buries the arrangements surrounding him. All but the one we sold for the wedding are here.

There are large numbers of Phil Harris, Joe Haymes,and Sam Lanin (under his name and many under pseudonyms). The Mills Brother records here are mostly from the era when they scatted and played horn solos with their voices. These solos were better than many players could do. Don't pass them by.

Phil Napoleon's Original Memphis Five are well represented.

We recently got Flip Phillips record collection to sell and it is interesting to see what he liked. Also some albums are signed by him as the owner of the record, even though he isn't on it. Lots of good jazz LP's here.

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Auction closes March 31, 2010

If jazz is happy music, Slim Gaillard is an eminant spokesman.We feature 14 of his 78's this time. Teddy Grace had a loyal following in the '30's as she went from band to band and on her own for Decca.

Many bands were told what to record by record company A & R men. Louis Jordan came into the studio with copious notes about what the kids wanted to hear and, as a result, got to record his music, not what the label was hustling.

Some other names are here that don't turn up every day: Milt Herth, Les Hite, John Kirby, Ella Logan and (God bless his wa wa soul)Clyde McCoy.

We have 60 sides by the Original Memphis Five with the underrated Phil Napoleon. Finally, we have a few books and old catalogs.

Enjoy, and thanks.

George

 

Auction closes January 31, 2010

A nice selection of Blanche Calloway sides. Ina Ray Hutton's Melodears are here along with later sides.that rarely turn up.

Notes on unusual Glenn Miller, Rube Bloom, Oscar Peterson, Vincent Lopez, Thomas' Devils and others are found at the front of the actual auction listing. You will wait a long time before you see some of these again.

Have fun.

 

Auction closes Novermber 27, 2009

Many sides by the very good Charlie Barnet
band on the Apollo label. Also a nice sampling of Boots & His Buddies and an unissued take on the Bluebird label.

You may or may not like Chick Bullock's voice, but when he sang, there were great musicians backing him.

This time we continue to feature Adrian Rollini under his own name and with the Goofus Five. Lucille Hegamin offerings cover the bulk of her recordings.

Other artists with long listings include Illinois Jacquet, Claude Hopkins, Ted & Willie Lewis (is it a crime to name them side by side?), and the TV husband who never went to work; Ozzie Nelson,

A large number of LP's this time including a ton of Charlie Parker.

Finally, some great sheet music from the 20's and early 30's. We haven't had any in some time so, if you know a collector, please tell them about this wonderful find.

 

Auction closes September 30, 2009

The harmonica is often associatied with country and blues music, but rarely with jazz. Larry Adler is a notable exception. Don't miss this.

We also offer over 50 Bob Crosby items. He always had strong players in the band, so the solos are rewarding. This band progressed from a dixieland outfit early on into a very nice swing band later on. Lots of instrumentals Some nice Teddy Grace vocals too.

Speaking of vocals, a tasty collection of Ruth Etting sides are here.

A long run (70) of Goodman Columbias and Victors can fill those collecting holes you've had..

Please don't overlook some hard-to-find Fletcher Henderson Columbia "D" items that are unusually clean.

Finally, Red McKenzie is well represented here with Mound City Blue Blower sides, as well as under his own name. Not easy to find stuff.

P.S. For the horsey set, check out Bob Wills, Gene Autry and Jimmie Rodgers. They have there own little section near the end.

Good Hunting!! George

Auction closes July 30, 2009

 

Lots of Ellington and Fletcher Heenderson (with all his pseudonyms) this time. An unusual chance to round out your Richard Himber collection. His records don't seem to turn up that often

A goodly number of Lunceford items and some hard-to-find Little Ramblers, Adrian Rollini's offshoot of the California Ramblers. Also look for the Leo Reisman lots. Quite a bunch of them.

Auction closes May 29, 2009

Over 70 Paul Whiteman records in this auction including Potato Heads, Victors and a few Deccas.

More than 30 Adrian Rollini items including the rare WOR sides (Tom Lord didn't know about one of them) and unissued tests.

In addition to some early Mills Brothers, we have a lot of Hal Kemp, Casa Loma (& Glen Gray), and a real load of B G including Columbia "D's" and an endless supply of his Victors. Take a look at the list of Lu Watters' stuff, too. Enjoy.

Auction closes March 27, 2009

Lots of long runs of records by name bands. But note the many nice Vocalions by Mildred Bailey. Bob Scobey, who had just escaped from Lu Watters band really sparkles on the Good Time Jazz 78's.

The original issue of the Jelly Roll Morton Library Of Congress recordings on Circle is listed under 12" 78's with a block bid for the complete set.

Bobby Hackett's LP's on this list must comprise most of his works

Anyhow, enjoy!

--George

January 6, 2009

What a feast!!! 65 Armstrong 78's including Ok's, Early Victors along with the Deccas. Over 70 Barnet's including some buff Bluebirds. We also have an incredible string of Tommy Dorsey, nearly 80 in all. But that's nothing compared to 150 Goodman

There is 1 Gerald Marks record. Gerald was more noted as a song writer than a bandleader. He was also a pretty good storyteller and we have a CD you can buy which features his presentation at a Record Research Meeting in 1975. See the announcement on the right under Jazz Notes.

A few 10" albums and a couple of nice Gospel records conclude the offerings. Have fun.

 

November 10, 2008

A new auction closing 11/28.

Virtually complete runs of Goodman, Krupa and Hampton. These aren't hard to find, but a great chance to fill in missing or crummy copies. And check out the Woody Herman Deccas.

From the sweet band side we have some nice Richard Himber and Hal Kemp. A buch of Art Hodes, Bob Howard and those crazy Hoosier Hot Shots (Are you ready Hezzie?).

In a more serious jazz vein, check out Irving Mills (and his "Lumberjacks") and Bennie Moten. Also some nice Phil Napoleon and more Ben Pollack than you'll ever see in one place.

Thanks for your interest and we hope you find just what you've always wanted.

George

 

 

August 25, 2008

Our Sptember list is posted here. We feature Fats Waller and a couple of Waller look-alikes designed to compete with him - Tempo King and Bob Howard. Howard was accused by serious listeners of being Waller until Willie "The Lion" Smith said Bob was his brother-in-law. In addition to the items mentioned inside at the top of the list we have a lot of Mildred Bailey, over 30 Dorsey Brothers items, nearly all in good shape and some nice Wingy Manone.

Thanks for participating.

George

(May 17, 2008 -- 6:08 pm EST)

Hey! There's a new auction posted on the site here and there's some choice stuff. It's a smaller auction but the quality is particularly high.

Several Bailey's Lucky Seven sides, Most of the sides done by the Karl George Orch are listed along with a ton of Hot Lips Page.

Most of the sides done by Eddie Stone are here,

Many typos in this issue for which I apologize. We'll do better next time.

George

uly 9, 2008--10.00 am EST)

A new auction list is posted here with a closing in a couple of weeks. Among the notable items are:

Some Louis Ok's

A dozen or so clean Ben Bernie sides

A load of Bing Crosby

More than all the Xavier Cugat you could want.

The early Dixieland Rhythm King sides (see also the Gene Mayl acetates under 10" LPs)

We hope you find some things to tickle your fancy.

George

(May 17, 2008 -- 6:08 pm EST)

Hey! There's a new auction posted on the site here and there's some choice stuff. It's a smaller auction but the quality is particularly high.

Several Bailey's Lucky Seven sides, Most of the sides done by the Karl George Orch are listed along with a ton of Hot Lips Page.

Most of the sides done by Eddie Stone are here,

Many typos in this issue for which I apologize. We'll do better next time.

George

 

(March 17, 2008 -- 9:25 pm EST)

The new auction list is posted with an April 5th closing date. Lots of Bunk Johnson, both on 78 and some reasonably rare 10" LP's.

Enjoy yourself.

--George

 

(January 11, 2008 -- 7:25 pm EST)

As someone wrote on their tombstone, "I knew it would turn out like this." Starting with the next auction, we will be dismantaling my collection. Actually we have nibbled away at the LP's for a couple of auctions, but we'll start hitting the 78's next time. Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, look for some nice bird groups (that's rock & roll, son.)

This is a gorgeous Victoria Spivey Okeh. They don't make them like that no more and you don't often find them this clean.

There are also the usual odd labels to lust for.

Enjoy yourself.

--George

 

(November 18, 2007 -- 11:25 pm EST)

The November auction is up (finally). But since it took so long to revise the computer program that calculates the postage, we're a couple of weeks behind, so we're setting the closing date for December 12, 2007

Check out the new auction by clicking the Auction button to the left. This auction has several Vogue picture records (Art Kassel, Joan Edwards and Large) and this promo record from Mercury.

--Ward

(October 25, 2007 -- 2:08 pm EST)

The set sale is up with about 4,000 new items

Please note that George Wilson is back running the auction:

AllJazz
1079 Stuart Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
phone 609-921-3119
Fax 609-921-8370
george@alljazz.us

Have a little mercy on us. The records will be at Ward's location in Trenton for some time to come while we reorganize a lot of records, shelving, computer lists, etc.

-- George

(September 2, 2007 -- 3:08 pm EST)
The September auction is up on the website. We're busy printing paper copies for the guys who like paper. (They'll get their catalogs in a couple of days.) In the meantime, have a look at the new catalog by clicking on the word "Auction" to the left. Closing date is September 29th

-- Ward

(May 29, 2007 -- 4:20 pm EST)
The new auction is up! The auction will close Wednesday July 11, 2007. (To view the auction, click on the word "Auction" to the left.)

(May 29, 2007 -- 4:20 pm EST)
Well, this has been an interesting month. Our website shut down unexpectedly a few weeks ago. It turns out that April had not forwarded notices of the site expiration to us. Since we have been editing the site and running it without incident for over a year, it came as a great surprise to us to learn that April was still the registered owner. Network Solutions gave us a blizzard of instructions to follow which were necessary to change the site registration.

One Friday afternoon, we found ourselves in the odd position of being told that they would not take our money even though we had provided all the documentation they required, until both Ward and I were on the telephone with them. We managed to accomplish this the next day, at which time we were told that the site had been sold. Then we were told we could buy it back on an auction basis and that the estimated price would be between $1720 & $2400. This seemed like extortion to us, and so we decided to see if we could find an alternate name. As luck would have it www.alljazz.us was not taken and we have registered it for our use.

We are still very busy trying to reorganize things and we ask that you hold correspondence with us to a minimum for the next week or so until we get things into shape.

___________________________--George

(March 7, 2006 -- 8:57 pm EST)

New catalog is up! More details soon. (Click Auction to the left.)

--Ward

 

(January 23, 2007 -- 11:57 pm EST)

This is Lucille Bogan recording as Bessie Jackson. This one is in pretty nice condition. You can find it on the current auction.

--Ward

(January 17, 2007 -- 12:57 pm EST)

Well, a little late this time. But there's a reason: this is the biggest auction we've done yet. Twenty seven hundred items, and there are some really interesting things on this one. New and different stuff. There's also lots of Armstrong, Lil Armstrong, Basie, Waller and more. I've got some specific things to point you toward, but for today - the auction is up. The auction will close on February 7, 2007.

Click on "Auction" at left to see the new catalog.

--Ward

(November 27, 2006 -- 4:57 pm EST)

Only two days until the auction closes! If you haven't mailed your bids, you might want to email them at this point.

Just wanted to mention that there are some great 12" 78 sets on this auction, including this Bechet-Spanier Big 4 (HRS 1 & 2) This is one of my Dad's "desert island" records. Their version of "China Boy" has been one of his favorites.

--Ward

 

(November 20, 2006 -- 2:28 pm EST)

You can fill in the holes in your Hampton collection (or start one) with all the Hamp in this auction. Including this one.

We're also breaking the rules a little bit. The name of this outfit is "AllJazz" (which might make your think that the things we list are ALL JAZZ - but that would be wrong.) We're including some stuff outside the envelope this time. We've got a number of early rock n' roll in this auction, including this Elvis Presley, a couple of Bill Haleys and others.

Finally, let me tell you the story of Bert Ambrose. Bert had a dance band that played at the Embassy Hotel in England. It was the place to be. Everyone who was anyone went to the Embassy. Then, inexplicably, Ambrose took a job at a hotel on the continent leading another band. He is supposed to have gotten the following telegram from the Prince of Wales (no less): "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward." (And he did.) There's a couple of Ambrose records on this auction

--Ward

 

(November 16, 2006 -- 1:38 pm EST)

Here's a kind of interesting record. This is the only "Reviewer Advance Release" Columbia that we've ever seen where the words are actually printed on the label. This one is Raymond Scott "Business Man's Bounce." (I wonder what he's referring to.) There's a fair amount of other Raymiond Scott on this auction.

-- Ward

 

(November 6, 2006 -- 11:49 am EST)

Well, this is a little embarrasing. We featured an item on the front of the printed catalog but forget to include it in the list. It's kind of an interesting item. George Barnes playing electric guitar with Ernie Varner on a label that calls itself "Milton G. Wolf Quality Recordings." We checked Lord and couldn't find any mention of it. It's an interesting label, with pictures of George and Ernie on it. As far as we can tell, we're the only people to have ever played this copy. So it's a rare - maybe a single copy - of George Barnes playing "G Minor Spin" in excellent condition. We're calling it catalog item number 3000.

We try to come up with rare and itneresting stuff for you each auction! (Next time let's hope we can figure out how to include it in the catalog.)

-- Ward

[Late update: Collector AZ writes, "Just looked at the home page and noticed illustration of the Barnes - Varner 78. It's on the IAJRC "Guitar Rarities - vol. 2" CD We
actually had two copies offered us, but the first copy we obtained was excellent condition. The CD booklet has a photo of the label and also of the advertisement for the record. Musically, it seems a bit ahead of its time. Wolf, who issued the record, owned a business that made strings for guitars."]

 

(November 3, 2006 -- 5:35 pm EST)

The new auction is up! This auction has a number of rhythm and blues records on it. For example, we found a pretty rare Lizzie Washington on Vocalion that I've never seen before. There isn't much known about Lizzie Washington. She sang in St. Louis in the twenties and thirties. This one - "Whiskey Head Blues" - is a slow piano tune. "If I was whiskey, I'd be busy all the time." She's got the blues. (See note at right.)

This 78 is one of the best looking early Vocalions we've ever seen. (To view the auction, click on the "Auction" button at the left.)

-- Ward

 

(August 31, 2006 -- 7:17 pm EST)

Some news about the Blues arrived over the internet today. I'm not sure who the author is, but I thought you might find this useful. (See "The Blues" at right.)

-- Ward

(August 31, 2006 -- 7:17 pm EST)

The September Auction is here! There are more than a hundred Benny Goodman's on this one and most of them are in excellent condition. There are some Stephan Grappelli LPs (that I really like), some unopened Ray Noble LPs (I think we have a full set) and a bunch of other stuff. Take a look! (Click on the word "Auction" to the left.)

-- Ward

(August 8, 2006 -- 10:10 am EST)

Stephan Grappelli anyone? I'm listening to "Stephan Grappelli 1971" on PYE records. It's a big, confident, swinging, wonderful arrangement of songs. Grappelli is remarkable. He started out playing the violin on the streets of Paris at age 13 (he was sent to an orphanage after his mother died and his father went off to fight in WWI.) What a remarkable man and musician. Yehudi Menuhin said about Grappelli's virtuosity at improvisation "Stephane is like one of those jugglers who send 10 plates into the air and recovers them all." I just put ten Grappelli records on the auction. (Now I'm thinking maybe I should 'hold back' a couple for extra reviewing. You can count and see how many actually make it. So much good music to listen to. Sigh.)

-- Ward

Auction Notes April - August 2006